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August Allebé (1838 - 1927), Brussels, 1870

oil on canvas, 46.7 cm x 38.3 cm

Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, to be placed in The Mesdag Collection, The Hague (gift from Stichting Vrienden van het Van Gogh Museum)

Object number
s0425M1991
Dimensions
46.7 cm x 38.3 cm, 63.5 cm x 56.5 cm
Provenance
Probably donated by the artist to Anna Gildemeester, Amsterdam; after her death on 1 January 1945 bequeathed to her heirs; consigned by the heirs of Anna Gildemeester to auction Amsterdam, Christie's (Pictures, Watercolours and Drawings), lot 399 (The museum visit), purchased by the Stichting Vrienden van het Van Gogh Museum (Friends of the Van Gogh Museum Foundation), for NLG 20.700, 17-18 September 1991; donated by the Stichting Vrienden van het Van Gogh Museum to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh on that day, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
August Allebé
Credits
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, to be placed in The Mesdag Collection, The Hague (gift from Stichting Vrienden van het Van Gogh Museum)

Van Gogh Museum : jaarverslag 1991, 1992, p. 16, 18

Bodt, Saskia de, Leeman, Fred, Leeuw, Ronald de, Pennock, Hanna, Museum Mesdag : catalogue of paintings and drawings, 1996, p. 75-76

Leeuw, Ronald de, Tilborgh, Louis van, Esner, Rachel, Becker, Edwin, Heugten, Sjraar van, Leeman, Fred, Vriend, Anita, Van Gogh Museum Journal 1995, 1995, p. 167

Pictures, watercolours and drawings, 1991, p. 62

Nieuwe aanwinst, p. 16

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